A Unique Identification System Of Face Recognition Software!

By Author: Jacob Michael
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Face recognition technology has definitely revolutionised the world, paving a pathway for easier connection with technology. Technology is becoming more user-friendly and not to forget to mention indispensible, in today’s world. Your face which is one-of-a-kind and is as easily recognisable by your friends and family, is now also recognisable by this technology, be it on your mobile phone, camera, or even social networking sites! This seamless technology which is optimised for easy authentication by the user is direct and simple; allowing authentication to take place on a passive basis, without actual physical contact.


How does this technology work?

The software that is often employed to work in this system is super-sensitive. It can pick a face, let’s say out of a random crowd, and this face will be compared to a database of already saved images, while at the same time, extracting the face from the rest of the scene. Every face has distinguishable features, known as “landmarks” or “nodal points”. For example some of these features are - the distance between the eyes, the length of ...
... the jaw line, the width of the nose, or even the depth of your eye sockets!


After these nodal points are measured, a “face print” is created on the basis of a numerical code. As compared to the earlier used 2D method of face recognition, a new and emerging trend today is the use of 3D in order to provide better accuracy in gauging face prints. This software makes use of distinctive features of the face such as the curves of the chin, or curves of the eye socket for instance, to make faces more recognisable. It is worth mentioning that 3D recognition is effective even in the dark, with little or no lighting and can recognise a subject with different view angles up to 90 degrees.


The importance of face recognition technology:

Face recognition has become an important part of even law enforcement today. Talented and innovative creators have been able to develop this technology to such a great extent that it is now being used in places like airports to identify terrorists, unwanted people and smugglers. In casinos it finds usage in tracking VIP’s and stopping blacklisted faces at the door! It is used at national and international borders, at commercial places like shopping malls, public places, shops and chain stores. You can even use this technology at your own home, for security, to identify family members and friends and automatically unlock doors for approved faces. The system has a wide base and it includes video surveillance face recognition and face recognition data base-matching engines.

It is of interest to mention that according to a cognitive rule, recognition of the face is one of the most natural and its “algorism is ten times more complex than a fingerprint algorism.” Some of the major advantages of face recognition software especially as compared to say, fingerprint technology for instance, are that it is fast and accurate; it features high security and usability and is pretty user-friendly. Kudos to facial recognition software!


Bio:

Jacob Michael, the author of this article, has expertise knowledge in using facial recognition software for long years for offering facial recognition services.